Kerry Washington for the October Issue of Glamour Magazine

The stylist for this photo shoot chose a Christian Dior dress which looked hot on Kerry's cover. Here it is while on the runway: simple but sophisticated. Scroll down for Kerry's interview!

On her secret marriage to Nnamdi Asomugha:

“I’m walking around in the world with my ring. And when
people say congratulations, I say thank you. But I’m going to continue
to not talk about it and just let it unfold. I don’t want to sound smug
about it… but the point is to do what’s best for me. I have
girlfriends in this business who talk about their personal lives, and it
works for them, and I love it. But not for me.”

On keeping her personal life private:

“I learned through experience that it doesn’t work for me
to talk about my personal life. I’ve had earlier times in my career
when I did talk about it. I was on the cover of a bridal magazine. But
I couldn’t just turn around and say, ‘I only want to talk about the
good stuff, but not the bad stuff.’ So I just thought, ‘OK, no more.’”

On what is in Olivia Pope’s handbag:

“Usually folders, pens, the phone on the
show, and often a bottle of water to add a nice weight to the bag. And
some panties in one episode!”

On fashion and the red carpet:

“It started out as, like, Good-Student Kerry. OK, I’m going to admit this: There were a couple of actresses whom
I felt were having the upper hand careerwise—because they knew how to
work that red carpet. I was like, “I’m missing a really important tool.
If I am the CEO of the Kerry Washington Corporation, my marketing
department is really lax.” So I sort of developed a new character:
Red-Carpet Kerry.And I researched her like any other character. I
actually called Tracee Ellis Ross, who’s a good friend, and literally
asked, “How do you pronounce Hermès?” Red-Carpet Kerry needed to know.”